Recent content by pat.kane

Yes, the engines will tilt up without any issue. Total weight of the dinghy and the lift is less than 80-lbs, so I don't expect much impact on performance.

I have cleared the last major hurdle in the prep for my Great Loop adventure. I depart from Rockport, Texas, in a couple of months and was struggling with how to manage a dinghy aboard my 2002 C-Dory 24 TomCat. I sketched up some ideas and those were confirmed when I saw Ranger Tug's solution...

If Roy's "Water Lilly" was a 24 TomCat, I am the current owner (August 2025 purchase) and am updating and cleaning up the boat to cruise the Great Loop. The boat had been renamed Cattitude prior to me buying her and I will be renaming her as well prior to launching. My journey is being...

I bought Cattitude in August 2025 on Whidbey Island and in the process of removing her name and the oxidation from the side of the cabin, I could barely make out the prior name -- Water Lilly! She is a C-Dory 24 TomCat and might be the same boat you saw almost 10 years ago. I have a playlist on...

Fair winds and following seas for you on this journey. I will be hopefully launching for the Loop around Thanksgiving from Texas in my 24 TomCat.

My van wouldn't have had enough guts to get it back to Texas, so I paid a transporter who I know to haul it for me. I have access to a couple of trucks in Texas to launch and retrieve the boat so I am holding off buying another truck for the time being (one day though as I miss owning a truck)...

This is an intro post as I didn't get around to doing one when I purchased a C'Dory TomCat 24 from fellow C-Brats member robchappelle this past August. I have been traveling the US in a Class B RV for the last five years and was ready for a new adventure, so I bought Rob's TomCat to cruise the...

Here is the pricing as of August 2025, direct from the company: $15,500 base model with dual 7500# axles = 11500# cap $ 1,400 electric over hydraulic brakes $ 600 spare tire and mount $ 400 ladder $ 2,000 transportation if part of batch shipment in two months to Seattle area I bought a...

Congratulations on the quick sale

Thanks Rob for the offline conversations the last few days. I look forward to many fun days ahead on this boat with the Great Loop being the primary adventure.